More than 4 decades of consistent nicotine consumption.
Smoking a pipe: 2yrs
Pipes: 55ish
Blends: 50ish
Vessels: 50ish
I blame everyone here…
Smoking a pipe: 2yrs
Pipes: 55ish
Blends: 50ish
Vessels: 50ish
I blame everyone here…
Years of Pipe Smoking vs. Pipe + Tobacco Count
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7 months
16 pipes
16 blends
10 vessels, three tins and a three bags.
16 pipes
16 blends
10 vessels, three tins and a three bags.
About 11 months in.
16 Blends
18 vessels 12 Jars, 4 Pouches, (2 unopened tins are duplicates for 2 of the jars).
11 Pipes
Only 7 pipes in rotation for me right now. The 4 unsmoked pipes are two in a travel kit I haven't used, and 2 extras for an interested friend, family member or neighbor to try.
I'm planning visit to WCC next week, so all above numbers are subject to change!
16 Blends
18 vessels 12 Jars, 4 Pouches, (2 unopened tins are duplicates for 2 of the jars).
11 Pipes
Only 7 pipes in rotation for me right now. The 4 unsmoked pipes are two in a travel kit I haven't used, and 2 extras for an interested friend, family member or neighbor to try.
I'm planning visit to WCC next week, so all above numbers are subject to change!
I hope for your sake they do! Always excting. Let us know if they do.
I have nothing against bulk, but I prefer tins. Once I get caught up, there will be more new stuff to try. There's some stuff I really love and if it came down to it, could smoke just those few. But I like exploring different things. I just don't have the space to store any more.
Anyway, the tins are good because even if I end up loving something enough to buy it in bulk, I won't ever get around to smoking it with over 100 other different blends waiting to be tried at my current rate of smoking (1 bowl per day). I can't just pick up the pipe for 5-10 minutes at a time, if I pick it up, I want the whole bowl and to sit and relax, it's not something I can do while doing other things.
Though if they ever succeed in various cigarette legislations they want to do (like banning menthol), I might have to learn and start getting bulk of stuff I like that can be all-day smokes and switch exclusively to pipes, still do my exploration whole bowl relax time once a day, but then bulk the rest of the day. I really don't want to give up cigarettes though.
Anyway, the tins are good because even if I end up loving something enough to buy it in bulk, I won't ever get around to smoking it with over 100 other different blends waiting to be tried at my current rate of smoking (1 bowl per day). I can't just pick up the pipe for 5-10 minutes at a time, if I pick it up, I want the whole bowl and to sit and relax, it's not something I can do while doing other things.
Though if they ever succeed in various cigarette legislations they want to do (like banning menthol), I might have to learn and start getting bulk of stuff I like that can be all-day smokes and switch exclusively to pipes, still do my exploration whole bowl relax time once a day, but then bulk the rest of the day. I really don't want to give up cigarettes though.
Super interesting. You sparked my interest but I wouldn't even know where to begin on that front. Are you thinking its a full collection inventory or whats your goal?
Keeping track of everything... mostly what I have ever had, whether or not I disliked something, what I do and don't currently have, maybe if I have notes on some blends, etc. But it's not about like, keeping track of each individual tin and the date it was manufactured vs bought vs open, not about tracking exact quantities (like oz and lbs), not about how my taste changes over time.
The main thing is keeping track of what is in my cellar, what has ever been in there before... basically just about tracking what I have tried or have bought to try, not monitoring dates and stock and not what I plan to buy in the future (aka wishlist), just only what I actually have or have had. Stats are just an interesting side curiosity that's easier to implement and see because it's a database as opposed to a spreadsheet (not that you can't implement stats with spreadsheets, it's just easier with database), and there's also quick and easy lookup with filtering that's not possible with spreadsheets in the way it is with a database.
Each entry has values for brand, blend, type, quantity, whether or not it's a favorite or I disliked it, and notes, though all fields other than brand/blend are optional.
It's also about ease of adding new and updating existing stuff, and about ease of use on a phone so that I don't have to fire up the computer to keep track of stuff.
Though I have planned/implemented things that I don't necessarily care about that much that others might, in the event I share it (for free) when it's done. Also because figuring out how to do some things is fun (like a logical puzzle)... for instance, creating a CSV import/export wizard for it. But I am unsure about sharing it when finished because I don't want people complaining that, for example, blend types is just limited to 5 broad categories (english, aro, burley, va, other) and not and specific subgenres (like VaPer, VaOr, etc), or lacking date tracking functions, lacking fields for including individual ingredients, complaining that it's not available for iPhone, complaining about Chinese spying for some reason even though it doesn't access the Internet at all and just being general fuddy-duddy Luddites and one-upsmanship bragging about how much they don't care or think it's stupid that someone does, etc.
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Bumping this thread again just to see if there is any more interest on particpating. Big thanks to the 36 of you who have already. Much appreciated
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Orignal Post for convenience:
Years of pipe smoking is at your discretion and how you personally define it.
Number of pipes is the number of smokeable pipes (even if they are unsmoked displays, cheapos or horrid smokers)
Number of Tobaccos is two fold.
1. # of different tobaccos, excluding multples of the same
2. # of vessels of tobacco in your collection/cellar
Pipes and tobacco counts are what you currently have on hand in your personal collection (or incoming the mail).
For me its:
18 years;
22.5 pipes (half pipe is an extra bowl for the Falcon);
25 blends in;
39 vessels (tins/pouches/jars etc)
Your turn!
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Orignal Post for convenience:
Years of pipe smoking is at your discretion and how you personally define it.
Number of pipes is the number of smokeable pipes (even if they are unsmoked displays, cheapos or horrid smokers)
Number of Tobaccos is two fold.
1. # of different tobaccos, excluding multples of the same
2. # of vessels of tobacco in your collection/cellar
Pipes and tobacco counts are what you currently have on hand in your personal collection (or incoming the mail).
For me its:
18 years;
22.5 pipes (half pipe is an extra bowl for the Falcon);
25 blends in;
39 vessels (tins/pouches/jars etc)
Your turn!
For me it's
8 years
16 pipes ( Ive sold or given away 10)
150 different blends smoked
40ish different blends in the cellar.
My pipe collection might go back up. Im looking into higher quality pipes at antique shops and maybe buying a few artisan pipes.
8 years
16 pipes ( Ive sold or given away 10)
150 different blends smoked
40ish different blends in the cellar.
My pipe collection might go back up. Im looking into higher quality pipes at antique shops and maybe buying a few artisan pipes.
My pipe smoking experience has definitely gone in waves: a couple years at the beginning with just one pipe and a couple different blends, then a few years of obsessing over everything pipe-related + accumulating a small mountain of tobacco, then about a decade of a passive rhythm smoking occasionally, and then more recently another period of diving face-first into research & new acquisitions (my hoard is finally starting to run out!).
I wish I had historical data, because it'd be fun to plot a chart of these numbers over time... the pipe count only goes up but with a couple big spikes along the way, whereas the tobacco numbers have a huge spike early on and then slowly dwindle, with a smaller bump recently as I've started rebuilding my cellar. Anyway here are my current stats:
16 years
26 pipes (9 artisan, 17 factory)
47 unique blends
98 containers (heavily skewed toward 7-8 favorites, half of which are OOP and never to return)
I wish I had historical data, because it'd be fun to plot a chart of these numbers over time... the pipe count only goes up but with a couple big spikes along the way, whereas the tobacco numbers have a huge spike early on and then slowly dwindle, with a smaller bump recently as I've started rebuilding my cellar. Anyway here are my current stats:
16 years
26 pipes (9 artisan, 17 factory)
47 unique blends
98 containers (heavily skewed toward 7-8 favorites, half of which are OOP and never to return)
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20ish years smoking a pipe.
30 pipes right now. About half of them are ones I made (some better than others).
3 blends i would call all time favorites.
8-10 blends that are regular staples in the rotation.
25 open tins currently.
Probably about 75 unopened tins in the cellar.
Have tried approximately 200 blends.
30 pipes right now. About half of them are ones I made (some better than others).
3 blends i would call all time favorites.
8-10 blends that are regular staples in the rotation.
25 open tins currently.
Probably about 75 unopened tins in the cellar.
Have tried approximately 200 blends.
15 years;
99 pipes
17 blends
55 vessels
Now I think it's time for a halt, a breather, for you to calculate and post the results. I will lock the thread temporarily and reopen it with results. (PM me when you are ready..)
99 pipes
17 blends
55 vessels
Now I think it's time for a halt, a breather, for you to calculate and post the results. I will lock the thread temporarily and reopen it with results. (PM me when you are ready..)
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